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Antifungal activity of Paraguayan plants used in traditional medicine.
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The antifungal activity of aqueous, dichloromethane and methanol extracts from 14 Paraguayan plants used in traditional medicine for the treatment of skin diseases was assayed in vitro by the agar disk diffusion method against 11 fungal strains comprising several filamentous fungi and yeasts. Among them, the dichloromethane extracts of Acanthospermum australe, Calycophyllum multiflorum, Geophila repens and Tabebuia avellanedae, as well as the aqueous and methanol extracts of the latter, showed the highest activity.
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- Authors
- Portillo, A., Vila, R., Freixa, B., Adzet, T., & Cañigueral, S.
- Affiliations
- Universitat de Barcelona (ES)
- Corresponding author
- Cañigueral, Salvador
- ORCID
- Cañigueral, Salvador
- Venue
- Journal of Ethnopharmacology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2001-06
- Volume
- 76
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 93-98
- ISSN
- 0378-8741 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2071297240
- Cited by
- 236
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 13 · 2014: 18 · 2013: 22 · 2012: 18
- FWCI
- 5.02
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Ethnopharmacology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
- Keywords
- antifungal activity, medicinal plants, traditional medicine, skin diseases, plant extracts, Acanthospermum australe, Geophila repens, Tabebuia avellanedae, filamentous fungi, yeast, Paraguay
- MeSH terms
- Antifungal Agents, Fungi, Medicine, Traditional, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Paraguay, Plant Extracts
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